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E. L; PRICE Compound lmp lement N ,159,841 Patented Feb. 16,1975.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrlon.

EDWARD LIVINGSTON PRICE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT lN COMPOUND IMPLEMENTS.

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent No. 159,841, dated February16, 1875; application filed December 23, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LIVINGSTON PRIGE, of the city of Newark, inthe county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new anduseful device, which I denominate a Compound Implement; and I do herebydeclare that the following specification, taken in connection with thedrawings furnished, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

My invention is adapted for use more particularly to theengrossing-clerk, lawyer, accountant, 850., as an eraser, bodkin, andpaper-cutter; and it consists of a metallic blade, pointed at its endnot unlike the ordinary eraser, and is provided with an eye or openingnear to, although in the rear of, said point, through which tape ortwine is admitted and held while the point is thrust through the desiredpapers to be filed, for which purpose the same is more especiallyintended. Said device is provided with a suitable handle, by which it isheld and manipulated.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a face view of myimproved combination-tool with eye arranged parallel with blade; Fig. 2,edge view of same; Fig. 3, same invention with eye longitudinallyarranged; Fig. 4, edge view of same.

My invention is represented as being five or six inches in length,including the shank that is, the blade three inches and the shank twoinches-both of which may be varied either more or less in length to suitthe requirements of the user. The width is represented as three-eighthsof an inch, which may be subject to variance. The end of the blade istapered to a point, with each edge sharp. From the point back to aboutthree-eighths of an inch, more or less, it gradually thickens.Immediately back and adjacent to the thickest part the opening isarranged in which the tape or twine is held. From this opening towardthe shank or handle the blade isreduced on both sides sufficiently toallow the said tape or twine to lie below the elevated or thickened partof the blade, so as to follow the point without the friction that wouldotherwise follow its passage through the papers to be filed together.

The opening through may be arranged tran sversely or parallel with theblade, or it may be made round. The width of the blade is slightlyreduced, and the edges slightly rounded, from the eye or opening to theshank, to prevent friction and stretching of the out made by the point.

The accompanying drawing exhibits a suitable formation for my device,which may be made by any of the accustomed methods of manufacturingcutlery, or the ordinary eraser. The eye may be drilled or punched, asmay be the most convenient to the manufacturer.

In filing documents or other similar matter I take the desired tape,twine, or other suitable article of like nature, and pass one end of thesame through the eye or slit of the bodkin sufficiently far to preventit from drawing out of its position before the thrust is made. Thus theengrossing-clerk is enabled to perforate the papers to be filed and passthe tape through at the same operation. A combination-tool for theabove, and for the various other purposes for which the same is adapted,makes almost an indispensable article in all legislative bodies, courts,law offices, and counting-houses, &c.

Having thus set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure Letters Patent of the United States of America for, is

As a new article of manufacture, the within-described compoundimplement, consisting of the punch, eraser, and paper-cutter, beingprovided with an eye, for the purposes herein described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed myname before two subscribing witnesses.

ED. LIVINGSTON PRICE.

Witnesses:

JOHN DANE, J r., FRANCIS WHITNEY.

